half She is of Italian descent, half Sicilian, half Abruzzese. As a child, Ari began performing at Boca Raton’s former Little Palm Theatre for Young People. A few years later, she started to perform in Fort Lauderdale Children's Theatre. A few years later she played the role of Charlotte in Goodspeed witch she won a youth association award for. Grande performed at Birdland Jazz Club in New York City with Miranda Sings. She played the role of Miriam in the first reading of the forthcoming musical Cuba Libre Ari teaches music and dance to children in South Africa each year as a member of "Broadway in South Africa." Ari's hair is naturally brown but she was asked by creator Dan Schneider to dye her hair red velvet because he didn't want a cast of all brunettes She performs at gigs singing and doing covers of songs, which she has posted on YouTube. Ari is best known for her role as Cat valintine on Victorius and she will continue to work with Victorius creator ; Dan scnider on a new t.v show starring Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande.

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Her height is 5' 2½" (1.58 m)

Her name was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat.

She has a big brother named Frankie. He is also a performer and producer and went on tour with her as one of her dancers.

Her fashion icons are Marylin Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.

Her favorite cereal is Cocoa Puffs.

She has to make her voice higher to play Cat.

She's allergic to cats (ironically, her character on Victorious loves them and is called Cat). She is also allergic to bananas.

She was on BrainSurge and wore a pink t-shirt and skinny jeans. She had 130 points, allowing her to move onto the next round, being the only girl to compete. But then she lost, along with Carlos (from Big Time Rush) and was the first one to slide down "The Brain Drain". The episode aired on April 21, 2011.

She is a Peco-Vegetarian, which means she doesn't eat any meat except for fish. Also, she has never eaten catfish.

She went to her first concert, a Katy Perry concert, in the summer of 2011.

She says she can't stand it when you smile at a stranger and they don't smile back.

She went to Washington, DC for the "Worldwide Day of Play 2011".

She is hypoglycemic (her blood sugar gets low). As a result, she once ate in class and was put into detention. In the end, her mother took her out of it.

The first time she ever ate a taco was when she was in a Victorious episode, The Breakfast Bunch.

Once one of her best friends, Jennette McCurdy, accidentally made her phone number public.

On December 10, 2011, she reached a million followers on Twitter.

Ariana put her hands in cement at Planet Hollywood, New York, on December 22, 2011.

The Huffington Post named Ariana Grande the third most influential actress online above Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Aniston and asked her to represent the voice of her generation by becoming their featured high-school section journalist.[9]

Broadway for South Africa, the organization that Ariana supports, used her debut single, "Put Your Hearts Up".

The Put Your Hearts Up music video was released on the 14th of February (Valentine's Day). It can be viewed here .

Ariana's birthday is the same as Jennette McCurdy's, but Jennette is one year older, born in 1992, and she is born in 1993.

Ariana has over 2.7 million followers on Twitter and has been named one of the Most Asked Actor Online above Charlie Sheen and Reese Witherspoon. This means, online, people ask Ariana for her favorite trends, music, products, etc. more than any other actor online. She has received over 200 world-wide trending topics for a cash value of $240,000,000 and continues to be one of the most influential people online.

Ariana has a demo CD which she hasn't released after 4 years. She posted previews of some songs in her CD, called Rollercoaster, Let It Rain and Higher.

She attended North Broward Preparatory School. She once filmed her teacher shouting at her. Click here to watch it.

On April 21, she got a little heart tattooed on her second toe, dedicated to her song "Tattooed Heart". Click here to watch her getting the tattoo!

According to her Nick Screen Test, if she could swap lives with a celebrity for the day it would be Michael Jackson.

She said she has a crush on Bruno Mars

Her favorite movie is 13 Going on 30

Her favorite restaurant is Toast

She recently made a video with Matt Bennett, in which she tries some back stage acting, however most of the video she giggles and can't hold it, like when she tried to look mad, or how she tries to "kiss" the air.

She loves sea creatures

It is confirmed that she and iCarly's star Jennette McCurdy (Sam Puckett) will have a new show, many people say that the show will be called "Sam and Cat".

She likes "Whole Foods" grocery store.

The French name Ariana is originally derived from the Greek name Ariadne, which means the venerable and lovely.